Isekai Cheat Survival Meshi

Episode XXXIV: The Mollusc Girl

One day.

Yoda had all three visitors to the temple of Zao.

Katya, who originally works here, is included on the spot because she acts more often with Yoda, including Innkeepers.

The current time is morning. They were starting to act at this hour for a certain purpose.

"Good morning, Yu-Kazsa and Clara, and Katia-Filois. We're listening, please come through."

"Oh... duh, thanks"

Yu returns the greeting with atrophy to the greeting from the gatekeeper who discovered Yoda's appearance.

The treatment is the opposite of when I visited here a few days ago, and correctly such conditions as facepath remind me of the VIP treatment.

But it should also be, if you want to explain what Yoda is like today, "Make him a personal friend of Archbishop Dimitrios, an invitee".

Yes, the purpose of today is to report activities to Dimitrios and meet with members who join the polar exploration.

It seems that Yoda's activities have not become very public among Zao religions, and it is the name of the Archbishop's friend's hospitality that has been invoked this time.

Makes you think of it as a VIP treatment, on the contrary, Yoda today would be good enough to call it a real VIP.

Anyway, I felt uncomfortable with Yu and Clara, who were very common people.

The presence of a friend of being a "archbishop" at Yuri, who has a Japanese feeling, is hard to feel, and for Clara, who is in a position to receive the asylum of a temple knight, the horror is hard to exhaust to the brush tongue.

Even though Dimitrias himself was easy to deal with, Yu was stifling the muscles in his body even though he didn't even use 'hardening' to the fact that he was officially welcomed as a Zaoist.

"Ha, it's unusual for Yu to be doing so much. I was wondering if this kind of nervousness would be possible because it was something I was tempted to do in my first day."

"Dear Dimitrios, I don't mind if you treat me like this as an organization."

The only thing I can afford, on the other hand, is Katya, who usually works for this place and is quite a mess in her own right.

Katia turns back forward when she laughs slowly, showing more tension than when she is confronted with the dragon in a way.

"Given my current status, I don't have to. You'll get used to it."

"I hope so. Well, too much throat, huh?"

Similar to Katya's words, Yu put his hands behind his head.

It's quiet if you pass the gate, which may be because you no longer have to worry about the sight of the knights. Is the neighborhood exactly where calm returns?

"It's Katia-Filois. I brought a guest."

"Oh, come on through"

When I knocked on the door, it was the voice of a young man in mild condition who returned.

Apparently, Dimitrious feels off already. That's it. I was nervous enough to make myself look stupid in a light condition that didn't deserve the intimidation of a luxurious door.

"Yah-yah! Thank you so much for coming, I'm sorry to call you in this morning. If it's not until noon, I've got a lot of work to do. Sa"

Being in the room was a cheerful brother, even lighter than I heard in front of the door.

Seeing that SS isn't here, I guess I let him back down to his promised time.

Instead, one girl refrained beside Dimitrias.

─ ─ At first glance, I thought, young, that appearance.

Same as Katia in that respect. But still, Yo couldn't stop the surprise from appearing on that look because he saw the girl more young than she felt on Katia.

I wouldn't be surprised if I were just young. But Yu's head already had today's purpose set. Its existence appeared too small for the frame 'Face to Face with New Friends'.

Dimitrias laughs as troubled by the unexplainable and surprising look on his face.

"I guess I surprised you. I'm sorry, I really needed to keep my mouth shut."

The good-looking grin of a person remained on his face, but there was such bitterness on his face that he could be--sorry. A man in the position of archbishop is not likely to float, but an expression unworthy of ordinary youth.

Huh, Yu sends his gaze to the other two.

Both Clara and Katia had the same look on their faces, confusing.

The most calm girl on this occasion would be the eye-catching girl beside Dimitrios.

─ ─ Fluffy beige curly hair, properly wrapped around the left and right, creates a girly cutie.

The eyes were round the sleeping beard while still in motion. One of the things that bothered Yu was his pale cold eyes.

thin. The impression Yu felt on the girl was that it was It's there, but maybe there's no reality. It's like being in a dream.

"I'll introduce you - I guess I should have been myself, not you. Look, say hello."

I didn't even hide my desire to sleep, and the girl yawned one.

If you were a regular Katya, you might have blamed that attitude in front of Dimitrios.

Nevertheless, she silently waited for the girl's words because she couldn't keep up with her own situation.

"Ahhh...... Alicia. Alicia-Warry,.... Regards"

At the behest of Dimitrias, the girl named Alicia bowed her head small.

Alicia, who did the name and one thing, the least 'greeting', yawned again.

After all, Yoda's thoughts remain suspended on the sleepy girl.

I guess' that's what 'means to encourage greetings on this occasion.

But still, I managed to regain my sanity and Yu tried to say hello.

"... Dear Dimitrias, what the hell are you thinking?

But it was blocked by Katia, who regained her sanity a beat earlier.

Flat tone to a strongly blamed gaze. It was a question I could take with a sense of obvious anger.

"Naturally, I'll explain.... To be honest, I had a hard time with this choice, but when I heard about you guys, I thought this was the only time to entrust her."

Without even retreating into Katia's gaze, Dimitrias tells us why.

To the lid, Alicia raised her face and gave Dimitrios her eyes.

"In the meantime, I would have explained 'skills' to you. The power of human possibilities, some of them innate, some acquired by the way of life, you know."

As he asks the other way around, Dimitrios turns the other day's story to the topic.

Yoda nodded, all together.

I seem to remember the story well. Dimitrias nods deeply before continuing.

"This kid is also a skill holder with acquired 'skills'. Its power is' Morumi '. Effects such as drowsiness, sinking excitement have been confirmed in subjects"

"Mamorumi". By the time Dimitrias gave Alicia the name of her skill, Alicia was shaking like she slept with her eyes closed.

The name Dimitrias spoke of was the very impression Yuda rightly felt of Alicia.

Sleepy, thin, daydreaming girl.

And skills on 'sleep'. As Yu, with his' food 'skills, did, the name Morumi did sound as if he was speaking of Alicia's very existence.

If you also ask about the abilities themselves, you can certainly say that they are powerful.

Sleeping is one of the conditions in which organisms are most defenseless. Being able to cause it intentionally is a force that can even be a special.

But I couldn't honestly admire Yoda for asking just that.

Because the look on Dimitrious's face that speaks of it remained dark.

"Shall we return to this for a moment? Alicia said she acquired the skills acquired, but technically that's just a little different. If you describe it correctly, you can say that she was made to acquire her power."

Made me wear it.

Yu took a breath in that expression as if the human will intervene.

Sometimes expressed in the "way of life", the way of life to get the "morsel"...

"She's been artificially kept asleep for ten years since she was five, except for the minimum amount of time she needed. Some of the Zaoists."

If melancholy is an event involving sleep, 'sleeping' is the way of life to gain that skill. I ran out of it.

Artificially, for ten years since I was five years old.

If that's true, Alicia, who looks younger than Katia, will say she's fifteen.

I don't care what you think, this girl just looks like her junior year in elementary school.

"Stupid! I don't know about that story......!

It was Katya who roughed up her voice at this.

Katya is a knight who is understandable and serious, and who honors behavior as called 'justice' if classified.

I couldn't help but scream that my presence was treating one girl as if she were an experimental animal.

I wanted you to deny it if you could.

"I don't have to know." Experiments in Skills Acquisition "have been conducted in secret. Except for those directly involved, only a few of us in Zao will know from above."

"Oh no...!

Grabbing her fist, Katia lost her word even as she trembled.

Experiments that can even be described as inhumane are not being carried out on their own initiative by some, but by those who are 'up there'.

To the feeling that the axis that existed as a definitive pillar of justice swayed, Katia nauseated at the pathetic angry, spinning disgust.

"... you don't really have to worry about it. Because I like it."

Alicia encourages Katia in a tongueless way, which is probably due to not doing the act of normally speaking.

That tightens Katia's mind even further.

"... happy or unhappy, she had talent. You have a sleeping skill called 'Morumi'. There were other subjects in this experiment, but she was the only success story. She said she was the only one who could stay asleep without the medicine."

"... eh"

The presence of 'others' further disturbs everyone's mind.

Still, you don't rough up your voice because Clara doesn't distort your voice - and Katia doesn't wave her fist because no other dimitrious brought Alicia to the occasion.

"I guess you already know. Actually, it's not a very good thing to have her here right now. I'm not going to be all free either, and I'm going to have to do a lot of pushing to get Alicia out. So I want to give you one more chance."

The archbishop of Zao brings in a presence that even Katya hides, its meaning.

"I think Katya knows a lot, but basically the Zao knights can't go to the polar zone. This time, as a support for exploring the polar regions that we in Zao have asked adventurers to do, we are granting permission to travel on an exceptional basis."

I mean, it 's--

"Yes, I was in real trouble. We can't send personnel to the polar zone if we have something to look for! No, I'm in real trouble! Don't you think?

Dimitrias, who tells him to play, laughed cheerfully, even as he called out that he was in great trouble.

It wasn't the three of us who couldn't guess what that meant.

"Even if Alicia looks like this, the magic is amazing there. I can't use difficult magic, but I'll live harder in the polar regions than any of those adventurers.... It's really still a dangerous place, but it's not just dangerous. Polar regions outside the continent are rightly 'worlds'. Wouldn't you like to see the wider world because she's been asleep all this time"

"It's not a phrase for a girl."

Alicia is slapping a hard punch into Dimitrias, who hangs her eyebrows like she's in trouble.

When I look around my voice getting serious when it hurts, I guess Alicia isn't the weak girl as she looks, either, as I say.

But even without thinking about it, Yoda's choice had been made.

"... I'm Katia-Filois. Best wishes, Alicia."

"I'm Clara! Nice to meet you!"

Katia and Clara name their names when one dimitrious finishes screaming.

Next to Alicia leaning her neck towards the action, Dimitrias was laughing satisfactorily.

"I'm Yu-Kazusa, not Yu Ue. At first it will be the leader of the polar expedition. As a new member, would you like to join us?

Yes, when Yo reached out, Alicia seemed to notice the intent, too.

Was the answer surprising, turning her eyes to surprise, and then Alicia smiles with a smile somewhere frivolous?

"Really? Best wishes, Mr. Leader."

... If you say it without decorating Alicia's mood at this time, it was a pain in the ass or something like that was the main thing.

As I said earlier, she likes to sleep, and she could have stayed asleep there, thinking about it.

Still, Yu's hand I shook was warm, not a bad feeling.

I did as I was told because the great man told me.... but not bad if you try.

Alicia lets go, wondering herself that way.

"Hey! I guess one thing settled on this! No, honestly, I was wondering what I would do if they turned me down! I'm relieved it was just a pretty good hit."

Alicia was added to the polar expedition.

Dimitrios grates his chest when he officially gets permission from the three of them.

"But why are you doing this? I knew the experiment existed. Isn't it good to be in a position?

But Yu still cared.

That's why Dimitrios did this.

The dark parts of Zaoism that even Katya doesn't know can be regarded as being in quite a position with herself. Dimitrios knows that, and I guess that doesn't mean it's completely unrelated to the experiment.

It should also be telling 'beyond' that I took Alicia out on this occasion today, more than I'm saying I made it through. It is a long-standing question whether it does not jeopardize one's position.

"Sort of. But tell you what, I told you to let my little one take the trip. Don't you think it's wrong to keep someone locked in the shell? I've been watching these opportunities, but I thought you guys could trust me to exorcise the dragon for just three. The same 'skill holder' would be a good inspiration for her, that's all."

"Ah, haha... there are practically two dragon exorcisms, what..."

Dimitrias tells the reason with a soft smile, also worthy of the title.

When Clara lowered her face on one of the dragons she unconsciously put out, she rushed back to the cheerful young man she was willing to elucidate.

But you don't have to be the three of us anymore to hear that word and say we're going to stick to the proposal now.

"I'm sure the destination is the White Desert, and the trip is in three days, so I guess it was good. Let's get everything we need for this kid. I'm not going to talk to you guys on your journey, just let me help you. I'm fine, but just let me make sure you use this chance."

"Okay. No stopping, no tardiness. I'll see you in three days."

"Oh."

When Dimitrias laid his hand on Alicia, who had begun to yawn again, Alicia dashed it.

I don't know. There is an exchange, but the sights of the two men are straight crossed.

Then maybe this will do.

Thus, a new member was to be added to the Polar Zone Expedition.

Everyone reacted differently to a much different outcome than expected, but the vague anxiety they had until then disappeared from Katya.

The future seems difficult, but the journey is compassionate.

Yu reminds me of those words.

See you in three days, Alicia.

"... Yes, again"

Exchange small goodbye greetings and Yoda leaves the room behind.